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Marriage Tips: Yourself (Taking care of you)

You are now part of a couple, but you are still an individual. You are not simply Joe’s wife, or Lynn’s Husband, you are still your own person with unique needs, desires, interests, talents, goals, causes, and friends. You don’t have to give up your identity when you get married, nor should you. In a loving, secure marriage, there is still room to continue pursuing things you love or are passionate about. The more fulfilled you are as a person, the more you bring to the relationship, and the more fulfilling and gratifying the marriage will be for both spouses. … Continue reading →

Marriage Tips: X = eXaggeration

Since there aren’t that many words that start with X, especially as pertain to marriage, I had to improvise. That doesn’t mean the subject of exaggeration is not still one that needs to be addressed in many marriages. Remember when you were a kid? Did your parents or teachers say things like, “You NEVER listen,” or “You’re always up to something,” or any other all or nothing statements? This kind of exaggeration can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. People begin to think that if they are ALWAYS wrong anyway, there isn’t much point in trying to improve. When you start with … Continue reading →